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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-5BCA92
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Late Saxon fragment of unidentified object, similar to a fragment from Mileham (HER 7270) tentatively identified as part of a possible domed oval ('Tortoise') brooch, cast openwork with central boss and remains of at least five fragmentary perforations between lines of small bosses, smooth inner surface, >23 x >21mm. 4mm thick (7mm thick at central boss). This small fragment may represent only the fifth example of a Viking oval brooch known from Norfolk, the others, in addition to the example from Mileham, being a pair of brooches from a burial in Santon in Lynford parish (HER 5668) and two fragments of one brooch from Wormegay (HER 17286; recorded on the PAS database as NMS156). Cf. Graham-Campbell (1980), 33-6, nos.112-124. 9th-10th century.
Jane Kershaw has identified this as Scandinavian Oval brooch Type unclassified (P 51 likely) (Petersen 1928).
Class: Tortoise
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Viking style
Date from: AD 800
Date to: AD 1000
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st August 2005
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Great Yarmouth (District)
To be known as: Mautby
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Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham-Campbell, J. | 1980 | Viking Artefacts: A Select Catalogue | British Museum Press | 33-6, nos.112-124. |
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